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Sweaty Bamboo: Making Scented Organic Bamboo Fabric

Underarm Pads
A research proposal in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the course Practical Research 1

Josh Mariano P. Blanco III

Grade 11 – E

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

This chapter includes the background of the study, the hypotheses, the statement of the
problem, the scope and limitation, the significance of the study and the definition of terms.

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

As we know Body odor is a natural occurrence in our body. According to Christian

Nordqvist (2017) Body odor is an unpleasant smell our bodies can give, it usually happens when
a human reaches puberty. Usually body odor occurs on the armpits which can be embarrassing in
any situation, especially when someone else smells the unpleasant scent. There are reasons why
body odor happens. One cause of body odor is eating spicy food according to Stacey Feintuch
(n.d.) when eating spicy food it can effect the smell of body odor, foods that are containing garlic
or other spices release gases when your body breaks them down. Another cause for body odor is
stress according to Macaela Mackenzie ( 2018) A body has two types of sweat glands, according
to the Mayo Clinic: eccrine and apocrine. Eccrine glands are everywhere, producing the sweat that
builds up. Apocrine glands, however, are concentrated in your armpits and groin and produce a
different kind of fatty sweat. Usually body odor is normal it happens to everyone especially when
a human has went through with puberty, but there are ways how to prevent this according to
Shaheen Naser (2019) to stop being smelly you must take a shower daily to stay clean and use
anti-bacterial soap, usually you need to drink plenty of water and also you need to use a good
deodorant so that the body odor will decrease but it takes a long process for the body odor to go
away or what if any of this tips given can’t help the situation? Another solution for this problem
is sweat pads this is a product where you put under your shirt to absorb the sweat. According to
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Maria Trimarchi (n.d.) they are made 100% cotton and a breathable material which there made
either disposable or reusable and they absorb the sweat. Knowing what sweat pads are the
researcher wants to make a sweat pad that is made with organic bamboo which is economic
friendly, Also the researcher realized that body odor is a really embarrassing problem in different
types of situations, because of this the researcher will create the sweat pads sweat absorbent and
to prevent body odor.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

The study wants to determine if using organic bamboo can be a more durable and
environmental friendly for sweat pads.

More specifically, it seeks answer to the following questions:

1. How can organic bamboo be a better alternative than regular cotton?

2. What can organic bamboo do to avoid body odor ?
3. Why is organic bamboo fabric important?

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY

The purpose of the study is to test the feasibility of bamboo sweat pads. Through this
experiment, the researcher will test the sweat pads with its absorbency, smell, strength
and its durability. The processes will also be tested to achieve a comfortable sweat pad.
The time interval of the sweat pads scent will be tested out and different methods to
preserve the sweat pads will also be tested.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The significance of this experiment is to give sweat pads that will avoid body odor and

sweat absorbent wherein the consumers would use an environment friendly and use full sweat pads

in certain situations. The study also wants to point out that the awareness of the great opportunity
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towards using organic bamboo to sweat pads which can avoid embarrassment in different types of

ocassions.

OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY

1. To determine the feasibility of the bamboo sweat pads absorbing sweat

2. To determine until what period of time will the scent of the bamboo sweat pads will last
3. To determine the feasibility of the bamboo sweat pads to avoid body odor
4. To determine the Scent if it is effective

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS

Null: The Bamboo scented Sweat pads will not be able to absorb sweat and avoid body odor

Alternative: The Bamboo scented Sweat pads will be able to absorb sweat and avoid body odor

SCOPE AND LIMITATION:

This study will only focus on the Scented bamboo pads if it is feasible in making absorbent,
scented and avoid body odor. The study will not cover different types of sweat pads made the
researcher wants to test how the sweat pads will absorb the sweat and the period of time will the
sweat pads will last. The prototype will be tested to a person sweating. Sweat is the most
important test in this study in order to absorb it and Body odor as well to see if what are the
possible reactions to the prototype. The size of the prototype is 3.75 inches in terms of the width
of the pads and 5 inches long for the length of the pads. The elastic that is going to be used will
be 7.5 inches.
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CHAPTER 2

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

This chapter includes the review of related literature, which supports the framework of our study.

Main Problem: Solution: Outcome:

Scented
Body Odor Reduce of body
Underarm Pads
odor

Sweat Sweat
absorbency

Smelly Scented
Underarms CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK underarms

Figure 1: Conceptual Framework

The Main purpose of this study is to avoid body odor and sweat sticking to shirts. The
study focuses on developing a product that can benefit the consumers from not embarrassing
themselves to other people due to body odor

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE

In this experiment we are going to use Organic bamboo fabric for it to absorb
the sweat, we also will use charcoal so that it can absorb the body odor or reduce the smell of
body odor.
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Bamboo fabric absorbs better than cotton which absorbs the moisture quickly

and it keeps the garments dry, sot and comfortable. Bamboo also has anti-bacterial properties

and antifungal properties that keeps the skin out of bacteria and very helpful for people who

have very sensitive skin (Muhammad,A.,& Muhammad, I., 2010.) This study is important

because it can explain further how bamboo fabric can be useful, and it can explain if the

researchers research is feasible.

Chidambaram, P. , Govindan, R. & Venkatraman, K.(2012). Concludes that The

increase of bamboo fiber will affect its thermal comfort properties. the parameters of air

permeability, thermal resistance, water vapour permeability and thermal conductivity are also

effected by the fibre blends. In the Water Vapour Permeability with a higher water vapour

permeability the bamboo blended fibre can be attributed to a lower its values in thickness.

This helps the research of the researcher because it explains further about the texture of the

bamboo fiber when using it to the sweat pads especially knowing about its thermal

conductivity and resistance.